The replacement fan I bought only has red, black, and yellow. I tried googling, but didn't come up with much, but I was in a hurry, so I cleaned everything and put the OEM fan back in. Everything is ...

I just got the Antec Sonata case for Christmas.<BR><BR>Suddenly, my nice retail equivalent Antec cooler isn't looking so good.<BR><BR>Cools nice, it's the noise.<BR><BR>First off, I run distributed ...

CPU_FAN and CPU_OPT are entirely different and serve distinct purposes in the context of a computer cooling system. CPU_FAN or CPU Fan Header is the primary 4-pin fan header on a motherboard, and it ...

Fan Control is a great tool for doing exactly what its name suggests, giving you complete control over your system's fans, including your CPU and GPU fans, plus any water cooling pumps that you may ...

A CPU fan is more than just a fan. It is attached to CPU with power pins/wires and a sensor that tells it how fast to run. If the CPU is heating, the sensor will make the fan run faster. As such, the ...

So, you're a few months or a year into your build, concerned about high CPU temperatures, even when your chip is mostly idle. It's easy to pin all the blame on your CPU cooler, especially if it's an ...